I discuss my new paper on polarization and the rise of ethno-nationalist populism as overlooked side-effects of urbanization in this free-wheeling live chat.
Category: Public Policy
First, I wish we would stop being surprised by what’s happening in Europe right now.…
“Calling a spade a spade turns out not to be a social policy,” Loury says.…
Russ Roberts wants the facts: Which nations in Europe have slashed government spending? I suppose…
George Akerlof and Robert Shiller make a series of puzzling and inconsistent claims in their…
Economics, qua social science, is not a normative field. But much of the drive to…
Since I found it all interesting, I thought I’d just reproduce all of Will Ambrosini’s…
In an admirably frank piece in the American Prospect, Matt says the problem with Obama’s…
At Slate, Kerry Howley talks sense to Michelle Goldberg about the doubtful feminist wisdom of…
Yes, people who think they’ll get walloped with extra taxes if they touch that 250…